Let`s find out about Barnardo`s

Let’s find
out about
Barnardo’s
Did you know…
Did you know…
Learn about the history
and work of the UK’s
biggest children’s charity.
For Key Stage 2, ages: 7-11
Did you know…
Barnardo’s was started
by one man – Thomas
Barnardo. Why did
he do it and why is
Barnardo’s
still needed?
Did you know…
in 1876 Barnardo’s
built a home for 20
girls with the money it
would now cost to buy
a computer?
youth homelessness
is not a recent
problem? Can you
imagine living on
the streets – either in
Victorian times
or today?
Barnardo’s works with
more than 100,000
children, young people
and families every year?
That’s more than you can
pack into the Emirates
Stadium, home of
Arsenal FC.
Hello there!
I’m Barney Bear. I spend my time helping children just
like you. Find out about the work that Barnardo’s does.
But first, a question: do you know what a charity is?
If not, you could look the word up in a dictionary.
Charities try to make the world a better place. Some
work to save the planet or protect animals; others, like
Barnardo’s, help people to have better lives. All charities
rely on money given to them from members of the public.
Barnardo’s helps all sorts of children and young people,
including those who have disabilities, or who have
problems at school or with their families, or who don’t
have any family of their own to support and look after
them. There are many other projects Barnardo’s is
involved in.
Our work began more than 140 years ago
when a man named Thomas Barnardo
rescued thousands of young children
who had nowhere to live.
This is the story of how he started his work
and of what Barnardo’s does today.
Barney Bear
Victorian Britain
Imagine you can travel through time.., back to 1837,
when Queen Victoria was first crowned ruler of Great
Britain. Homes were lit by candles and the telephone
hadn’t been invented. Poor people had to beg or rely
on charities to survive.
On the move
The Victorians invented machines to produce things, instead
of having everything made by hand. But machines need people
to work them, so lots of people moved from the country to cities
and towns.
Can you name some famous machines invented by Victorians?
That figures
In 1800, London had one million inhabitants. By
1900, over six million people lived there.
Living room
When was your home built?
In the 1880s, miles and miles of new houses
were built for people who made money from the
industrial revolution. While rich Victorians had
servants, poor people crowded into cold and
dirty houses with no running water. There was
a lot of disease.
Longest reign
Your ruler is probably 35cm long. But Victoria
was the country’s longest ruler; she was Queen
from 1837 to 1901. How many years is that?
The invention of machines
provided factory work
in cities. This led to
overcrowding and poorer
people living in appalling
conditions as populations
in cities grew.
Barney Bear task
The UK’s population in 1800
was around 11 million people.
How many of those lived in
cities or towns? See if you can
find out the total population
for 1900 and do the same.
Then draw a graph linking
the two answers.
A Victorian childhood
Education had to be paid for and many parents were
too poor to afford this, so lots of Victorian children
never learnt to read and write. Instead, they were
trying to survive poverty, disease and hunger. Not all
of them succeeded. In some cities, children under the
age of five made up about half of all deaths.
Pennies, not pounds
A lot of poor children worked all week for a few pennies. Jobs
included selling matches, working dangerous machines in
factories or going ‘into service’ in a big house.
Find out about being ‘in service’.
Danger: children at work
How old do you think poor Victorians were when they went to
work? Lots of children worked from six or seven years old. But
so many children died or were injured at work – particularly
in factories or down coal mines – that the Victorians began to
introduce laws to protect them.
Find out about famous Victorians who introduced laws to
help children.
The life of a
Victorian child
was hard work.
Workhouses
were dangerous
and paid very
little. This, along
with poor living
conditions,
meant disease
and hunger lead
to a higher death
rate for children.
Street wise
Children suffered a lot of abuse and were often beaten with
sticks. But that was life for Victorian children who had to live
in workhouses because their parents had either died, thrown
them out or couldn’t look after them. Hundreds of other
children took their chances living on the streets instead.
What was a workhouse?
Pick a pocket or two?
Do you know the story of Oliver Twist, about a boy who runs
away from a workhouse then joins a gang of pickpockets? It
was written in the 1830s and was based on real life.
Find out who wrote Oliver Twist.
The classic tale of Oliver
Twist tells us what life
was like for poor children
during this time.
Barney Bear task
Imagine you are a poor
Victorian child, with no family
and no money. How would
you survive? Try writing a
letter to a friend, or a short
play about ‘life on the street’.
How did Barnardo’s develop?
Barnardo’s gets its name from Thomas Barnardo, who
was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1845. At 21, he decided
to become a doctor, travel to China and promote the
Protestant religion. He came to London to study
medicine, but saw children starving on the streets and
stayed to help them.
Man with a mission
Thomas Barnardo started teaching London’s poor children in a
donkey stable in 1866, before opening his own school. In 1870,
Barnardo opened a shelter in Stepney, east London, for 50 boys
offering work training and a place to live. One night a boy,
nicknamed Carrots, was turned away because the shelter was
full. He froze to death. Barnardo vowed never to turn a child
away again.
Wedding present
When Thomas Barnardo married his wife, Syrie, in 1873, a
supporter gave them a house to use as a children’s home.
What’s the strangest present you’ve ever been given?
Family man
Syrie and Thomas Barnardo had seven children; three of them
died young and one, Marjorie, was disabled. Thomas Barnardo
always insisted that disabled children should be treated the
same as any other child, whenever possible.
Thomas Barnardo,
founder of
Barnardo’s and
family man,
taught London’s
poor children
and helped the
disadvantaged.
Village girls
Do you know where Barkingside, Essex is?
That’s where Thomas Barnardo opened The Girls’ Village Home
in 1876. Workmen built 14 cottages around a village green.
More than 250 girls lived there and learnt a trade. As well as
opening homes around Britain, Barnardo arranged for children
to live with families. This was called ‘boarding out’.
Barnardo’s ‘before and after
cards’ were sold to raise
funds and show lives turned
around by the charity.
Loved by thousands
Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of London to
see Princess Diana’s funeral in 1997. The same thing happened
when Thomas Barnardo died in 1905.
Barney Bear task
Barnardo’ s Girls Village home situated in
Barkingside on the village green.
Thomas Barnardo used to sell
‘before and after’ cards to help
pay for his charity work. They
showed children in rags, then
showed the same children
cleanly dressed. Why not
make your own Barnardo’s
fundraising cards – perhaps
on a computer?
Barnardo’s after Thomas Barnardo
Below: Barnardo in
later life
When Thomas Barnardo died in 1905 there were 8,500
children relying on him. So his wife, Syrie, and his
supporters carried on the good work.
Right: a group
shot of the children
Barnardo’s helped.
Home work
Some supporters gave Barnardo’s their mansions to run as
children’s homes, but so many children lived in them, everyone
had to stick very closely to lots of rules and help with the
housework. The best place for children is a happy family, but
Barnardo’s had to run the homes because so many children had
no home or family of their own.
Family matters
In the 1950s, Barnardo’s began to close its children’s homes
and concentrated on helping families stay together. Barnardo’s
could do this because the Government took responsibility for
children whose parents wouldn’t or couldn’t look after them.
What do you think it’s like not living at home?
Growing services
Barnardo’s developed different types of work to help children
in different situations, such as those who have disabilities;
problems at school; are sick; homeless; badly treated; can’t
live with their parents and need a new family; look after
sick parents; need to play and mix with other children;
have problems finding jobs; get into trouble with the police.
Find out if there is a Barnardo’s project in your area.
Barney Bear task
What does the word family
mean to you? Try writing
a story or poem, or draw a
picture about what you like
about the people you call
family, and what annoys you.
Barnardo’s today
In 2009, Barnardo’s ran more than 400 different
services – working with more than 100,000 children,
young people and families.
On your doorstep
England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales… Barnardo’s
gets everywhere. All our work today is ‘community-based’,
which means that we make services specially for people’s
neighbourhoods.
Bargain hunting?
What do cheap clothes, books, toys and cards have in common?
They are all found on the shelves of Barnardo’s shops!
Barnardo’s shops can be found in most high streets and they
raise much-needed money.
Do you have toys you no longer play with that you can give us
to sell?
Spreading the word
Who said ‘No news is good news’? That’s not true for us! As
well as providing practical help, Barnardo’s tries to make sure
that people like you, and people such as MPs, know about the
problems faced by children, young people and families across
the country. We also make sure that those we work with get the
chance to say how they feel.
Have you got any problems? What are they and have you
told anyone?
Today our shops,
campaigns, advertising
and fundraising events
like Barnardo’s Big
Toddle, help raise money
and spread the word
about our work with
disadvantaged children
and young people.
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Our aims are still the same
What would Thomas Barnardo think? We hope he would be
proud of us. Everything Barnardo’s does has the same aim –
to help children, young people and families improve their lives.
Why do we do it?
Someone’s got to! It’s important for people such as Terry, who
was thrown out of school before being sent to our Meadows
School for young people who need special help. He says ‘If it
wasn’t for Barnardo’s, I wouldn’t have learnt to control my
temper.’ Terry now works as a mechanic. He wouldn’t have had
the chance to do that before.
Barnardo’s helps
people to have better,
happier lives.
Barney Bear task
The pupils at Meadows
School produce brilliant
art work. Why don’t you
draw, paint, sculpt or build
something which sums up
Barnardo’s to you?
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Our work across the UK
If Thomas Barnardo could see Barnardo’s now, he
wouldn’t recognise it. All the big orphanages are long
gone and although Barnardo’s still helps children,
it does it in a very different way. Today’s work is all
about trying to keep families together, if possible.
Everyone needs a helping hand sometimes and Barnardo’s
work is organised around the services which a child needs to
build a good future. Barnardo’s helps people through what it
calls projects and services, which offer different kinds of help
in different circumstances. Here are just a few of our services:
1.Hopscotch, Angus
Helps children like John who
does the shopping and looks
after his mum and little sister.
His mum drinks because she
is sad that dad has left home.
His Hopscotch befriender
takes him swimming, helps
with his homework and listens
to all his worries.
3.Parenting Matters,
Northern Ireland
Works with parents in local
communities, schools and in
prison. The service provides
parents, such as the Caseys,
with the opportunity to meet
other parents, talk about any
concerns they have and to get
some support if they need it.
2.Meadows School, Kent
Works with young people
like Steve, who have serious
problems with their education
and their behaviour, and who
need special help.
4.Amazon, Birmingham
Helps young women like
Anita, who have been abused
and who need someone to talk
to that they can trust and who
will believe what they
are saying.
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5.The BASE, Whitley Bay
Helps young people such as
Joe, who has not been able to
stay at school due to lots of
reasons. Because of problems
at home he has become
homeless. The BASE can give
Joe information to help him
find somewhere to live and
help him get the qualifications
he needs to get a job. He
can get a meal at The BASE,
make friends with other
young people and join in
fun activities.
6.The Rural Family Service,
North Wales
Runs crèches and play
activities for children, like
Emma, who live in isolated
areas and gives them the
opportunity to meet, mix and
play with other children.
7.Dr B’s Restaurant and
Coffee Shop, Harrogate
Gives young people the
opportunity to gain
qualifications in preparing,
cooking and serving food,
business administration and
customer service, supported
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are not the individuals named.
by literacy, numeracy
and personal and social
development skills, which
will help them to get jobs in a
variety of industries.
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8.The North West Fostering
Service, Liverpool
Finds loving foster families
throughout the North West
for children, like Sammy,
who cannot remain with their
own parents.
9.Devon ECHO
Works with families that have
got into trouble with the
law and helps young people,
like Julie and Darren, sort
out problems they have with
friends and money and in
coming to terms with a crime
their parent has committed.
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Barney Bear task
Have you ever thought what
it must be like to be disabled?
How might other people
treat you? Write a speech
explaining why disabled
people should be treated the
same as everyone else. If you
already have a disability,
do it anyway.
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Children helping children
Children have helped vulnerable children by giving
us money since as long ago as 1892, when Thomas
Barnardo set up the Young Helpers’ League. League
members each gave one shilling (five pence) a year.
Running costs
Guess how much it costs Barnardo’s to help children, young
people and families? We have to raise a staggering £215 million
every year.
How much is that each week?
School favourites
Lots of young people support Barnardo’s through their schools.
Classes or whole schools adopt us as their favourite charity,
then raise money for us.
Children take part in sponsored spells and silences; organise
sales and sell things they have made and collected; give toys
they no longer play with to Barnardo’s shops; dress-up and put
on concerts; under-fives and their parents walk up to half a mile
in the annual sponsored Big Toddle, all in aid of Barnardo’s.
Have you ever raised money for charity?
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Something different for teachers and children
■ Barnardo’s Egg-citing Challenge – boil an egg, decorate it
and take care of it for a week – an egg-cellent way to learn
about caring that’s also creative. Start boiling!
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Barnardo’s Big Bean Challenge – plant a bean and watch it
grow into a great big plant. Reading, counting and science
are all included here, so get planting!
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Barnardo’s Big Bounce – bounce for Barnardo’s, keep
fit and learn about the effects on your body. Join in and
have fun!
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Barnardo’s Big Bauble Challenge – design a bauble for
your class tree or wall in this fun Christmas activity. Make
a wish that will help make a child’s life better, and raise
money to help make your wish come true.
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Care and Share Challenge – design a badge to make a
friend happy and show how you have been a good friend.
The money you raise for Barnardo’s could help fund our
anti-bullying work, so design away!
For further information about these activities and classroom
support materials visit our website details below.
A big thank you
Children and schools that participate in these exciting
challenges receive stickers and certificates as a thank you.
Schools in England also receive an Every Child Matters
certificate to display.
Making a difference
Barnardo’s is very grateful for any support it gets – from
both children and adults. If it wasn’t for everyone’s help, we
wouldn’t be able to make a difference to the lives of other
children and families.
Do you think you or your school,
could help Barnardo’s help other
children? Visit www.barnardos.org.
uk/resources/resources_teachers/
teachers_pack_form.htm
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Barney Bears facts and figures
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More than 100,000 children, young people and their families
helped each year.
More than 400 projects in England, Scotland, Wales and
Northern Ireland.
6,600 full-time and part-time staff.
12,000 volunteers in child care projects, shops,
fundraising groups.
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360 Barnardo’s shops on high streets throughout the UK.
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In 2009-10 our total income was £234.3 million.
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We need £4,506,000 a week to continue our charitable work
– that’s £26,823 per hour or £447.04 per minute.
£5 of your money will buy books for three to five-year-olds at
one of our projects.
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£20 buys a first aid kit for a project.
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£100 takes 10 children from a poor area on a trip to the zoo.
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More than 1.2 million children and young people have been
helped by Barnardo’s since the work began in 1866.
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Barnardo’s timeline
1840
Penny Post (first real post
delivery service) begins.
Children no longer allowed
to work as chimney sweeps
1845
Thomas John Barnardo
born in Dublin
1844
Ragged Schools founded
1842
Mines Act passed
1830s
1863
First underground
train in the world runs
between Paddington
and Farringdon Street
stations, London
1865
Lewis Carroll’s Alice in
Wonderland is published
1866
5,548 people die from
a cholera epidemic.
Thomas John
Barnardo arrives in
London to train as a
medical missionary
1837
Victoria becomes Queen
Barnardo’s Registered Charity Nos. 216250 and SC037605.
1901
Queen Victoria dies
1883
Boys’ Brigade founded
1870s
1880s
1870
Education Act passed.
First official schools
open. Barnardo’s first
home opens for boys
Barnardo’s adheres to the Fundraising Promise and Fundraising Standards Board guidelines.
1876
Barnardo’s Girls’ Village
Home opens. Telephone
invented by Alexander
Graham Bell
1871
Act of Parliament gives
workers six paid bank
holidays a year
1926
Adoption becomes legal
1905
Dr Barnardo dies
1890s
1860s
1851
The Great Exhibition
held in Crystal Palace.
More people in Britain
live in cities and towns
than in the country for
the first time in history
1938
Threat of war: 2,000
Barnardo’s boys and girls
evacuated to the countryside
1881
Electric light first used to
light houses and streets
1867
Dr Barnardo opens East
End juvenile mission
1850s
1840s
1880
All children under the age
of 10 had to go to school
1910s
1891
Free education for under
10s introduced; until
1891 parents had to
pay two or three pence a
week for each child to go
to school. Factory
Act passed
This time line can be printed using the printable file supplied with this document.
1899
School leaving age
increased to 12
1930s
1920s
1900s
1934
Barnardo’s residential
care at its height with
188 homes
1939
World War II starts
1914
First World War starts
1953
Queen Elizabeth II crowned
1994
Channel Tunnel opens
1954
Rationing, introduced
during World War II, ends
1950s
1940s
1945
World War II ends
1918
First World War ends
1950
Barnardo’s concentrates
child care on the family
1972
Britain joins the European
Community
1979
Barnardo’s opens first
adoption shop
1970s
1960s
1947
Barnardo’s becomes
a registered
adoption society
1948
State takes responsibility for
children whose parents can’t
or won’t look after them
1996
Todd, the mascot
of Barnardo’s Big
Toddle is born
1960
Barnardo’s sets up Family
Assistance Scheme
1966
Dr Barnardo’s Homes
becomes Dr Barnardo’s
2010
Barnardo’s helps more than
100,000 children, young people
and their families each year and
runs more than 400 projects
throughout the UK
1999
Barnardo’s helps more than
47,000 children, young
people and their families each
year and runs 300 services
throughout the UK
1990s
1980s
1969
Neil Armstrong becomes
the first person to walk
on the moon
1987
Barnardo’s starts working
with those affected by HIV
and AIDS
1988
Dr Barnardo’s becomes
Barnardo’s and at the charity’s
Annual General Meeting,
Diana, Princess of Wales, in her
role as President of Barnardo’s,
makes her first major speech
2010s
2000s
2000
The beginning of the 21st
century and a new millennium
2005
The centenary of Dr
Barnardo’s death is marked
2002
Queen Elizabeth II celebrates
her Golden Jubilee
2008
Barnardo’s calls on
the government to
End Child Poverty
Barnardo’s 2010
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As Barnardo’s enters a new decade, the
work it does now is very different to when
it started more than 140 years ago.
We no longer run orphanages.
Today, we help thousands of children,
young people and their families through
projects and services at home, at school
and in the community.
Barnardo’s now works with more than
100,000 children, young people and their
families in the UK every year, helping
them to overcome such problems as
abuse, homelessness, bereavement,
disability and problems at school.
www.barnardos.org.uk
Head Office, Tanners Lane,
Barkingside, Ilford,
Essex IG6 1QG
Tel: 020 8550 8822
Fax: 020 8550 8822
Barnardo’s adheres to the Fundraising
Promise and Fundraising Standards
Board guidelines.
Barnardo’s Registered Charity Nos.
216250 and SC037605
Barney Bear photography by Jo Harris
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